Improvement in bag-holders



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No. 199,705. Patented Jan. 29,1878.

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A. L. HATFIELD.

Bagflolder.

No. 199,705. Patented Jan. 29,1878.

N.PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, ASWNGTO D (l UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

AARON L. HATFIELD, OF GONSTANTINE, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAG-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 199,705, dated January29, 1878; application filed November 7, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON L. HATFIELD, of Constantine, in the county ofSt. Joseph and State of Michigan, have invented an Improvement inAttachments to Scales, of which the following is a specification:

The nature of my invention relates to certain new and useful attachmentsto scales for weighing purposes; and the object of the invention is toprovide a cheap, effective, and easily-manipulated device to be attachedto the scales, by means of which bags for grain, mail-matter, or othermaterial usually carried in bags may be securely held open to receivetheir contents, and easily and readily detached when filled and weighed.

Figure l is a perspective view of a set of plitllfOI'lll-SCQIGS, showingmy devices attached. Fig. 2 is a separate view of one of the stand ardsand the bag holding device attached thereto, showing the bag-holder whennot in use; and Fig. 3 is a view of the same parts, with the bagholderin operation.

In the drawings, A represents a yoke pendent from the lower lever of thescale, and sup porting the platform B by means of the rods 0. Securedtothe rods are the metallic blocks D, vertically adjustable on said rodsby means of the set-screws E. Pivoted to the free ends of these blocksare the hookshaped jaws F, terminating in serrated edges, as shown.Bails G, corresponding somewhat in shape to the jaws, are also pivotedto the blocks, as shown, so that when the device is in operation, asshown at a, the bail will fall inside the serrated edge of the jaws, andhold the bag suspended. At I) is shown the device when not in operation,and ready to receive the bag, which is to be supported on the jaw, whichis then raised until the bail falls into position, as described, whenthe bag will be held open to be filled. The reverse of this motion willdisengage the bag.

It will be seen that the scale, when not in use in weighing bags ofgrain, maybe readily employed for weighing other matter, as the platformis left unencumbered.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The combination of the pivoted jaw F and pivoted bail G, for holdinga bag, substantially as described and shown.

2. The combination, with the vertical rod 0, of the adjustable block D,carrying the pivoted jaw F and pivoted bail G, constructed and arrangedsubstantially as described and shown.

AARON L. HATFIELD.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, H. F. EBERTS.

